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Meloni A, Restaino G, Positano V, Pistoia L, Keilberg P, Santodirocco M, et al.
Diagnostics (Basel) . 2025 Mar; 15(5). PMID: 40075815
This study aimed to compare the pancreatic volume between beta-thalassemia major (β-TM) and beta-thalassemia intermedia (β-TI) patients and between thalassemia patients and healthy subjects and to determine the predictors of...
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Meloni A, Saba L, Positano V, Taccori M, Pistoia L, De Marco E, et al.
Int J Cardiovasc Imaging . 2025 Feb; PMID: 39928284
This cross-sectional study explored the association of left ventricular (LV) fractional area change (FAC) with demographic characteristics, clinical data, cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) findings, and cardiac complications (heart failure and...
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Pistoia L, Meloni A, Positano V, Quota A, Corigliano E, Messina G, et al.
Diagnostics (Basel) . 2025 Jan; 14(24. PMID: 39767177
Background/objectives: We aimed to establish biatrial and biventricular reference ranges using cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) parameters in SCD patients without heart damage. Methods: This study compared CMR parameters, quantified by...
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Positano V, Meloni A, De Santi L, Pistoia L, Borsellino Z, Cossu A, et al.
Eur Radiol . 2024 Dec; 35(3):1522-1532. PMID: 39658686
Objectives: To develop a deep-learning model for supervised classification of myocardial iron overload (MIO) from magnitude T2* multi-echo MR images. Materials And Methods: Eight hundred twenty-three cardiac magnitude T2* multi-slice,...
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Meloni A, Saba L, Cademartiri F, Positano V, Pistoia L, Cau R
Radiol Med . 2024 Nov; 129(12):1812-1822. PMID: 39511065
Β-thalassemia major (TM) patients underwent regular transfusions to prevent complications of chronic anemia. However, these regular transfusions result in progressive iron accumulation in vital organs, including the heart. Myocardial iron...
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Meloni A, Pistoia L, Garamella D, Parlato A, Positano V, Ricchi P, et al.
J Magn Reson Imaging . 2024 Oct; 61(4):1650-1661. PMID: 39359148
Background: No study has assessed myocardial T1 and T2 values in patients with beta-thalassemia intermedia (β-TI). Purpose: To assess the prevalence of myocardial involvement in β-TI patients by T2* relaxometry...
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Meloni A, Pistoia L, Ricchi P, Longo F, Cecinati V, Sorrentino F, et al.
J Clin Med . 2024 Aug; 13(16). PMID: 39200932
: This multicenter, retrospective, population-based, matched-cohort study compared clinical characteristics and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings, including hepatic, pancreatic, and cardiac iron levels and cardiac function, between 135 adult regularly...
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Meloni A, Saba L, Positano V, Pistoia L, Campanella A, Spasiano A, et al.
Int J Cardiol . 2024 Jul; 413:132319. PMID: 38971535
Background: The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the association of left ventricular (LV) strain parameters with demographics, clinical data, cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) findings, and cardiac complications...
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Meloni A, Saba L, Positano V, Pistoia L, Spasiano A, Putti M, et al.
Int J Cardiovasc Imaging . 2024 May; 40(8):1631-1640. PMID: 38775931
The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the relationship of left atrioventricular coupling index (LACI) and right atrioventricular coupling index (RACI) with demographics, clinical data, cardiovascular magnetic resonance...
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Ricchi P, Pistoia L, Positano V, Spasiano A, Casini T, Putti M, et al.
Br J Haematol . 2024 Apr; 204(6):2458-2467. PMID: 38685724
We evaluated the prevalence and the clinical associations of liver steatosis (LS) in patients with transfusion-dependent thalassaemia (TDT). We considered 301 TDT patients (177 females, median age = 40.61 years)...